Mantri: Good people in Haryana too

Haryana has also got good people and we are in touch with them

— Vijai Sardesai, Goa minister

Panaji: After calling a section of the domestic tourists visiting Goa the “scum of the earth” and claiming that “north Indians” wanted to “create a Haryana” in the coastal state, Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai today said “there are also good people in Haryana”. Mr Sardesai’s remarks, seemingly aimed at playing down the controversy caused by his intemperate comments about domestic visitors, came a day after Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar called up his Goa counterpart, Manohar Parrikar, and expressed strong objection to the minister's utterances. “Haryana has also got good people and we are in touch with them,” Mr Sardesai said.